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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
Death of a Noted Soldier.

Baker Pasha, Gen. Valentine Baker.
who. in 1875, while holding the appoint
ment OF assistant quartcrnaster general
at Alelershot. Eng. was compelled to leave
the service on being found guilty Of a mis-
demeanor, died at Tck.sl.kehir, Africa,
from fever contracted at Port Said while
proceeding by stsamer to Cairo. Valsn-
tine Baker was an Enslishman by birth
and fiity-two years. Of age. His
history is curious one. Not
many years ago he was a dash
ing officer in the Tenth Humans, a petted
darling in London society and an intimate
friend Of the prince Of Wales. All this he
lost by attacking an English young lady In
ono ri the compartment carriages OF an
English railway. In the trial that follow cd
he injured his cause by attempting to
blacken the character and motives OF tho
young lady. Cnshiered and for a time i'm
prisoned, he resolved to retrieve his repu.
tation by gallant conduct, entered the
Turkish service, became p favorite OF the
Sultan and served with distinction in tho
Ottoman army. Baker WAS rigid dis.
cipl,narian and one OF the best cavalry
officers of moIern times.
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Statistics published in the North

Statistics published in the North
China Herald. strongly support the
ancient. estimates of the population
OF China. 1t appears that the authori-
ties at Pekin have recently taken a
census for taxing purposes, and that
the village baililfs whose business it is
to understate the figures, return the
population at 80, 3S3,5OO. Five
provinces are omitted, and their pop
ulation, as recorded in the last census,
brings the total up to $4,000, 600.
Even this figure is independent OF the
population of Thibit, Kashgar, II, and
Corea, and the total number OF souls
ruled by the emperor OF China, there
fore exceeds 400, 100000. and still
displays a tendency to increase.
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miscellaneous Nows Notes.

Fifth Auditor Eickhoff, in his annual re-
port, shows: During tho year accounts
were examined involving tho disbursement
of 1922, 87S, 9S2 in the diplomatic. consul.
consular service there was an excess oil
$3l,7l7 of receipts over expenditures.
showing that tho service is not only SELF
sustaining, but ia source Of revenue. Con.
sular fees amounted to $3.50, $50, and ex.
ceeded the amount OF any previous year.
At New York, Charles Cavana, q porter,
died after most horrible agony. He was
bitten by dog Oct 8.
At Omaha, Joseph J. Hegner, German
attending business college, blew out his
brains because his steptather would not
pay him $500 which he owed him.
Two Montana gentlemen laid a wager a.
to whether Shepard e. Winston beat the
record for railroad building, and tho de-
cision says they did.
1t is said that Mrs. Amos L. Hopkins
and Mrs. Fernando Yznoga, prominent
members OF New York society, arc in San
Francisco for the purpose Of acquiring
legal residence there. with q view to So
curing divorces from their husbands.
At the meeting OF the national pension
public in New York, tho committee ont
lined pension measure to be presented
to congress ut the next session, including q
disability bill. equalization OF disabilities,
and pensions fog veterans widows and &c.
verely MANNED veterans.
A genuine case OF leprosy is discovered
at Hudson. Wis.
Word was received at the headquarter,
Of the Sault Ste. Marie road that the last
rail, making q continuous line ofiron from
Minnea pals to Gladstone, had been laid
near Pike river.
The St. Paul ice palace and carnival cele.
bration will begin Jan. c5, 1888, and il al
ready an assured success.
President McCosh says he resigned the
presidency III Princeton college solely on
account OF his age, which is over seventy.
| A committee OF District Assembly 81,
Knighes Of Labor, New York, is indicted
| for conspiracy, having prevented q non.
| member from obtaining work.
The statement is published! in New York,
that the chiefs OF the police decided that
hereafter the anarchists will not be allowed
to meet. and that the carrying Of an,
banners or badges or the playing q
any music should they attempt to parade
will not be printed.
| The work OF the board ofpension appeal,
10 practically up e, date Tor the first tim,
in the history Of tho board. The extra
force has been relisvsd from further duty
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Sanitary work in the cities of Eng.
land has reduced the death rate -
per cent. in the last 25 years.
That is a result we'll worth Sc
curing in the United States, especially
in veiw OF the approach of cholera. 1t
is asserted that thorough sanitary
work here may reduce possible death
from epidemics very much larger per
cent. In the next two years.
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Nuggets Of Foreign News.

Sir William Macarthur, ex-lord mayor OF
London, ex-member OF the house OF com.
mons. and munificent patron OF the
Wesleyan church, died in q carriage Of the
underground railway. He was probably
checked to death. The BLACKLIST fog OK.
perienced in years prevailed at the time OF
his death.
Dispatches received from San Reno say
that there has been discharge OF green
matter from the crown princes throat
which proved tn he cancerous. In Wow OF
this fact his caseis considered much worse
a. this kind OF cancer is OF the most malig.
nant type and is regarded rs incurable
The German doctors. tho reports say. are
trying to deny the serious, almost critical
Developments OF the crown princes all.
n'ent, which is now clinically and Patio.
logically clear.
"a Lyndon: cabls: dia2stch states that
char3es Kd~sattn.: Rt9S Hanover, a pas.
ssngef bS the Ststte' lsne steamer State OF
's's$s :hs b. S:s@ :x:s:ts& :st Gge:no;k
ci1<ria s;s Whom: .nsfsssed re- S:;a his
name was julius Hanover. Al: ths 6tfico
OF the State line in this city Mr.. Baldwin
said that kowatch bought a steerape
ticket for Bremen at the Chicago Office on
Oct. 2S. He said he was a native of Ger.
many and gave his age as forty-two
years.
A Montreal special says reorganization
Of the government has been agreed upon
with the following personnel: Po-t,naster
general, j. A. Chaplcau; secretary Of state,
j.. j. Curran: minister Of finance Archi.
bald Mcclellan; minister OF trade and COM
merce, Sir c. Upper; lieutenant governor
of Manitoba, Mackenzie Bowell lieutenant
governor Of Northwest Territory, Joseph
Royal; Collector at St. John. John COST
gan. 1t is understood that Sir G. Tupper
will become premier when SirJ. Macd onald
retires.
Notices have been postel in County
Clare, Ireland, ordering Il boycott OF the
Shame Steamship company for conveying
prisoners to the Limerick jail. The Dublin
Freeman's Journal says that the govern
ment has decided to abdan don the prose
cution Of Lord Mayor Sullivan. The ten
ants on the County Down estates OF
Lord Londonderry. the lord lieutenant.
have declined to a"cept an offer
ri 4 so per cent reduction of their rents,
and will carry out their determ. nation to
enter the land court. The court OF queen
bench at Dublin has quashed the verdict oil
the cornncr's jury ut Mitchelstown in the
case OF the police shooting on Sept. 9. The
court takes the ground that the inquest
was illegal. the jury irresularly impaneled
! and the coroner's conduct was illegal and
partial.
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sure yol that the settlsmsnt whisb =.
wall strive to gain viii accrue ia the bensfit
u eithsr party-in Tact. shall not al
tempt any ssttlsment that d act admira.
bly, fair. At ell events you will net undsr-
estimate what such On honest settlement
VII mean. The bloodisst wars VI which
from like trivial causes. The question oil
trade will weigh heavily upon any discus
sion between your country and mime Fully
nne-stxth OF all the exports OF England ar
to your country, and fully one.haff OF you.
exports come to US. No, gentlemen. we
cannot afford tho luxury Of quarrel. Mr.
Chamberlain expressed his amusement at
the struggle for wealth. bnt thought that
tho country's safeguard was the reverence
Tor law among the people. In his own
country be was called radical. He ad.
mitted it. The people should make, enforce
and obey tho laws.
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billiard and Anna Bruins, aged fifty. resi-.
dents of indianapolis, and dependent upon
charity for twelve year.. have been notified
that they are heirs to q Pennsylvania "a.
tate consisting of coal mines and lands
worth over 81, 100000.
In sermon at Hartford. Rev. J. Kim.
ball. pastor VI the Unity church. spoke In
favor Of the executed anarchists, compar-
ing their execution to the crucitixiun OF
Christ. The church will probably take &C
ton.
The heaviest lake marine loss Of the
year occurred Thursday the 18th inst,
when the Anchor line steamer Arizona,
with a vnlun BILE cargo OF mercha ndi~e and
mixed freight, was totally destroyed by
fire at Marquette.
A naval court martial has been ordered
to meet at the New York navy yard for
the trial OF Lieut. Emory H. Tnunt, on
charges of absence from duty and station
without leave. disobediencs Of orders, and
scanlalcus conduct preferred by the Sec
rotary Of the navy.
At Syracuse, n. Y, the WOODEN mills OF
W. F. keeffer and tho -four mill OF Patter.
son e. Session at Cnmilus were destroyed
by fire. LOSS, $50, 900; insurance, $780,.
900.
Fire almost entirely destroyed Temp
kinsville. the county seat OF Monroe, Ky.
Fire at Decatur. Ala. burned nearly a
whole block in the business portion of the
city. LOSS, from $75, 600 to 100000.
Secretary Lamar says he thinks tho law
OF 1897 as to indemnity lands covers the
Northern Pacific case.
The wife of Secretary Whitney has re.
turned to Warrington. She says her nus.
band ia improving in health. but will not
he able to resume full charge OF the navy
department for some time.
Col. Glover Perrin, assistant surgeon gen
eral and medical director Of the depart.
ment of Dakota. has completed his iortieth
year OF service in the United States army,
and retired. He entered the army from
Ohio in 1S47, and 10 one Of the oldest and
most meritorious officers OF the medical
CORPS.
Ex-senator Window h interestedi in Texaa
railroad development and 10 now trying to
place the bonds,
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Millionaires are SAID to pay extrav-

Millionaires are SAID to pay extrav-
agant prices for their pianos. The reg
nlar price Tor the best pianos OF the
best makers is anywhere from FIVE
hundred to thousand dollars, and
get Mrs. Jay Gould has one that cost
81, 500, while Judge Hilton has one
Tor which he paid thesame Price. The
late Captain Eads, of St. Louis, isi
taid to have paid $4,000 for his in;
ttrument. These prices are supposed
to pay for the quality of the material
used in making the pianos, and the
manufacturers declare that they will
pever lose their tone. They certainly
ought to retain it at such . price.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24

Tho commtssion, composed 81 X. K.
Lanedon, H. B. Strait and William Bickel,
appointed to inspect tho Duluth & Iron
Range railroad, with view to ascertain.
ing whether or not it IL entitled to the
swamp land grant a. provided by IN act
al the legislature. has made . very favor.
able report.
j. H. jenkins 10 assignee OF the firm
OF j. J. Randall and c. S. Ran.
bond in $500. The liabilities Of the
firm are about $40, 900 and their assets
SAB 900. Tho First National bark Of that
city are creditors to the amount Of $22,.
Full returns OF the recent election in
Virginia for members OF the general as
sembly show that the complexion Of the
new body will be al follows: Senate.
Democrats, 26; Republicans. IA. House
Of de''entes. Democrat". 81; Republicans
80; Independent. I. Democratic majority
on joint ballot, 81.
F. N. Finney is to retire from the man.
trail railway. Mr.. Finney was general
manager for the road from 1879 up to q
year ago, when w. 8. Mellen was made
general manager and Mr.. Finney retained
supervision Of the operating OF tho road az
managing director.
A Minnesota Unitarian Conference was
organized at St. Paul by delegates from
various parts OF the state. The following
officers were elected for tho ensuing year:
President. Edward Sawyer OF st. Paul;
vice president. Judge stearns Of Duluth;
lis; treasurer, c. c. Pudor Of Winona.
The Now York Ledger for Saturday,
Dec. 10, will appear with the firm name OF
''Robert Boomers Sons, editors and pro.
prietors," instead OF the familiar Robert
Bonner" Mr.. Bonner will retire from the
paper and everything connected with it,
and his three sons will conduct the bust.
ness.
The following appointments have been
made in the operating departments OF the
Duluth & Iron Range road by Vice Presi-
dent Lee: G. II. White, general superin.
tendent, with headquarters at Two Har-
charge Of track. bridges, aud build
in2s. with headquarters at Two Har.
bors; A. H. Viels. to have charge of freight
and passenger business AMI car mileage
reports. in addition to his duties az audi.
tor, with headquarters at Duluth.
About forty Of tho leading colored
citizens OF st. Paul have issued q call for
a state convention of colored citizens
OF Minnesota to meet Ia the hall of the
house OF representatives, in the city OF St.
Paul. on Monday, Dec. s, 1887. at 10
o'clock a. IN. The call for tho convention
says: We deem it wise and prudent that
we should take some action to advance
our Industrial and civil rights vouchsaied
to us by the constitution OF the United
States and the stntu es OF this common.
wealth. Recent developments have dem.
onstrated the fact that there is n dispo.
aition on the part OF some to abridge our
rights guaranteed by the constitution and
laws OF this state. Twenty.one delegates
were chosen to represent the colored
citizens OF St. Paul.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24

The register OF the United States
treasury reports that only 1923 per
cent. OF the nations registered bonds
are owned by foreigners. This IS quite
q contrast with tho time, not so very
long ago, either, when nearly half the
debt was held by outsiders.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24

By the November election severa,
populous suberbs were annexed to
Chicago and so swelled the popula-
ton that the patriotic citizens are
now claiming the third place among
the American cities, with Philadelphia
but barely second. The popula-
ton figures the Chicago press
now print are $4,000. Brooklyn,
that was third at the cencus OF 1880,
only claims now 1. population OF 1871.
755.
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Large Wheat Crop in Russia.

George A. Frsudenreich. for many years
wheat crop throughout the whole OF South
Russia. with the exception only Of the
province OF Taurida, including the Crimea.
has turned out to be most excellent. The
quality Of the wheat is also far better than
it has been for years. owing to
the fact that the threshing season was
very dry. Export trade has been extra
ordinarily lively here for the past six
weeks, aud there have been as many as
forty stea mers here at once. Seven-eiyhths
OF them are of course English. OF the ocean
tramp class. Prices OF all kinds OF grain
are extremely low. while freights have
ranged higher than for several years past.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24

Plymouth Church has decided to
give call to Rev. Charles a. Berry,
OF Wolvcrhampton, England, to be
Beecher's successor. He is young
enough, thirty-five, to bear trans
planting. as spureeon and Parker
would not have been, and the tokens
OF his ability and the record of his
work are very much in his favor. It
is to be hoped that he will continue to
be himself and not try to initiate
Beecher.
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4 Sociable Spirit.

Sylvanus Wynant and his wife were
a young married couple and lived
about five miles southwest OF Ander-
son, Ind. Near by lived a family by
the name OF Graney. A young lady.
Miss Julia Graney, and Mrs. Wynant
were particular friends. Recently Mrs.
Wynant took suddenly ill and died.
Thegrief of the young lady friend was
unconsolable. On the morning after
the funeral of Mrs. Wynant, as Juila
Graney was at her household duties
in the kitchen, she saw her dear friend
going about the dooryard. The spirit
beckoned to the young lady, who
went to where it was and convsrssd
with it. Upon her return to the
kitchen she told her sister Ella
what she had seen. and repeated
the conversation. On the next,
morning Julia again met the
spirit, this time at the pump, and her
sister Ella saw her conversiny with it,
The family became alarmed, but were
quoted by Julia telling them that she
had an appoint ment with the ghost"
at the COW pasture gate next morning,
and that Ella had permission to ac-
company her. The ghost was to ap.
pear on q white horse.
Az was the custom the two girls
went next morning TO take the COWS
to pasture, and, as they approached
the gate leading into the field, Julia
pointed out the ghost approaching on
q white horse.
Ella could not see the spirit but
saw her sister approach and shake
hands in pantomime and could hear
the words of the two in conversation.
She asked questions and received an
ewers, but could see nothing FL
nally the spirit, ghost or whatever it.
was, bid them IN aflectionate fare
we'll, said she could visit them no
: more, and faded away.
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The Advance.
A. P. MILLER, Publisher.
WORTKINGTON, MINNESOTA

A man has just died in Brooklyn
from cancer. of the tongue brought
on by chewing paper, = habit con-
tracted in school days. What a pity
he did not ''point g moral and adorn
tale" by bringing on the cancer by
chewing tobacco.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
How Public Lands arc Cobbled,

The Secretary Of Interior in msmoran.
dun, shows mp three attempts to get land
on very short residence:
The three cases, Kinter VS.. Eng'ested Car.
roll Va. Evans. and Miller VS.. Marshal: arc
alike in character and part of one conspir-
acy. Marshall. a conductor on the Chica-
60 and Northwestern railroad, organized
a pleasure party consisting of Mrs. Sara
Boyd, his sister Mrs. Josephins Enslested,
II. A. White, James Wallace, Charles
Thrope and II. L. Evans OF Chicag O. andCC
Evans OF Aurora. Ill.,, all OF whom went on
free passes to Mitchell. Oak, in April.
1898. Mrs. Boyd's son John had pro-
viously gone there to live. Each of the
party made homestead entry. At the end
OF six months they again went West with
free pHsses on a hunting excursion. They
lahored under tho delusion that il they
were not absrnt from the land for more
than six months they could hold the land.
These two visits were the only times tlsy
evcr were on the land before institution
OF conteat. This is the testimony of bona
fde residents.
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Resignation of Land Commission.
or Sparks.

Tho Land Commissioners OF the general
land Office Gen. William A. J. Sparks. has
resigned his office as commissioner OF the
general land office. He called on the presi-
dent and delivered to him a letter defend.
ing his course in the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha land grant case.
and formally resigning his Office on
in regard to railroad land matters were
Enthusiastically opposed to those OF the
Secretary OF the Interior and that as TIE
Secretary had placed the President In a deli
cate position by threatening to resign un-
loss he was ousted, he concluded to r.
lisve tho President by rendering his own
resignation.
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New York City will have the honors
OF the next cenntenial. On April 80,
1850, the wheels of government
under the new constitution were first
set in motion. The first congress had
assembled in New York, and on that
day General Washington, the first
president, took the oath OF Office. It
has been proposed by the New York
ers to appropriately celebrate that
event on April 30, 1889.
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Record of Casualties,

The Hancock chemical " orks ut Hancock,
Mich. blew up at noon recently. with the
loss OF a great deal OF property, the instant
death -. Of six rer'ons and the injury OF 9th
Willie Reynard Charles Borbell. Thomas
Thompson. Tim Crowley and Willie King,
boys between fifteen and eighteen years
old, and Quo man. William Lopp. Jr.
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Miscellaneous Matters,

The most experienced observers think
that the winter will be one OF Words
Settlers in Wisconsin are reaching out
for the Wisconsin Central indemnity lands
Fourteen men were seriously, acme OF
them fatally, injured in Philadelphia by
an explosion Of gasoline.
At Amsterdam. N. Y, an arolite weigh.
ing three tons dropped With loud report
on East Main street making deep linden.
tation in the ground: Traces OF iron, nick.
81. aluminuma and other metals wero
found 10 the erolite.
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Letter from President Cleveland.

At the banquet OF the New York Cham.
Dor OF Commerce, President Cleveland
wrote: Those charged by the people with
the management OF their government can.
not fail to enhance their usefulness by
familiarity with business conditions and
intimacy with business men, since good
government has NO more important mis-
sion than the stimulation and protection
OF the activities OF tho country. This
business suggests the thought
that the members OF such a..
sociations az yours owe to themselves and
to all the people OF the land q thoughtful
discharge of their political obligations,
guided by their practical knowledge Of al
1airs. to the end that There may be i'm
pressed upon the administration OF our
government q business character and ten
dency free from the diversion OF passion
ment. But the most wholesome purpose
OF their political action will not bs accom-.
plished by an insistance upon their ex-
elusive claims and selfish benefits, regard
less Of the welfare Of the people ut large.
Interdependence il 80 fully an element in
our national existence ttat patriotic and
generous heed to the general good seems
to best subserve every particular interest.
Chauncy u. Depew responded to thetoast
by the people and for the people; they
are friends oihonest labor, the enemies OF
anarchism." Mr.. Depew said In part:
There has been brought out Just now in
q Western city the question OF the sur
vival OF our government. In Chicago it
has been partly settled what is to become
OF anarchy. 1t has demonstrated that
the velvet glove of liberty covers the
merciless hand OF the law. The American
people have decided this. There is no
liberty unless there is law. In the coun-
tries from which these people come the
police, the constabulary. the standing
army. keep them in check. But terrible
as may be the terrors OF tyranny. more
terrible 10 the vengeance OF free people
when their liberties are invaded. But aft
er all. the ills that threaten the United
State arc but the spots upon tho sun.